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„A cigány kártya”
"The Gypsy card’

Manifestations of the Anti-Gypsism in the Parliamentary speeches

Author(s): Anikó Félix, Orsolya Vásárhelyi
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Debreceni Egyetem Politikatudományi és Szociológiai Intézet
Keywords: anti-Roma attitudes; Jobbik; far right; discourse; Parliament

Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to investigate the rhetoric of the Hungarian far right about Roma bythe Parliamentary speeches of far right politicians. It unfolds the topics, discourses how the MPsof MIÉP and Jobbik talked about Roma. Within these topics it examines the different representations, images of Roma used by far right politicians during those Parliamentary terms during which they entered the Parliament. The paper identifies when and how the far right has talkedabout Roma and unfolds how the far right rhetoric has contributed to maintaining, reproducing or even strengthening the anti-Roma attitudes in the Hungarian society.

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 131-155
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Hungarian